www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Chiang Kai-Shekhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/chiang-kai-shek/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Chiang Kai-Sheken-usSun, 26 Feb 2017 16:27:19 -0500China, Taiwan and 228 Massacre anniversaryhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/26/china-taiwan-and-228-massacre-anniversary/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>This year Beijing will stand in solidarity with Taiwan and commemorate the 70th anniversary of the "228 Massacre." On Feb. 28, 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang (KMT) security forces stopped Lin Jiang-mai, a Taiwanese widow, for illegal cigarette sales. The KMT officers confiscated Mrs. Lin's cash and wares. They struck ...Thomas J. Ward Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:27:19 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/26/china-taiwan-and-228-massacre-anniversary/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSInside China: James Soong shakes up Taiwan presidential election againhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/2/inside-china-james-soong-shakes-up-taiwan-presiden/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>He is the most enigmatic figure in Taiwanese politics. Admired by many, loathed by some but courted by most, he has commanded attention in all of the island's key elections and helped decide the outcome in the most crucial ones since Taiwan embraced full-blown democracy in the 1990s.</p> <p>This week, ...Miles YuThu, 02 Jul 2015 19:03:08 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/2/inside-china-james-soong-shakes-up-taiwan-presiden/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRestored fighter plane salutes Flying Tigershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/27/restored-fighter-plane-salutes-flying-tigers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans will get a flavor of one of the most heralded episodes of World War II when a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, restored in the shark-nosed markings of the famed Flying Tigers, goes on display at the National World War II Museum.</p> <p> The aircraft, ...JANET McCONNAUGHEYMon, 27 Jan 2014 05:03:07 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/27/restored-fighter-plane-salutes-flying-tigers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSChinese spies target Taiwan's US-made defenseshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/21/chinese-spies-target-taiwans-us-made-defenses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP) - When Taiwanese security personnel detained a suspected spy for China at a top secret military base last month, they may have had a sense of deja vu.</p><p>Air force Capt. Chiang _ he was identified only by his surname _ was the fourth Taiwanese in only 14 ...PETER ENAVWed, 21 Mar 2012 10:48:46 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/21/chinese-spies-target-taiwans-us-made-defenses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSChinese spies target Taiwan's U.S.-made defenses http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/21/chinese-spies-target-taiwans-us-made-defenses2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>TAIPEI, <span>Taiwan</span> (AP) &mdash; When Taiwanese security personnel detained a suspected spy for <span>China</span> at a top-secret military base last month, they may have had a sense of deja vu.</p> <p>Air force Capt. Chiang &mdash; he was identified only by his surname &mdash; was the fourth Taiwanese in only 14 ...Peter EnavWed, 21 Mar 2012 14:55:19 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/21/chinese-spies-target-taiwans-us-made-defenses2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSTaiwanese debate: Was Chiang savior or despot?http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/6/taiwanese-debate-was-chiang-savior-or-despot/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> The tour guide was seething. </p> <p> "Chiang Kai-shek was a psychopathic dictator," she shouted, glaring at the woman in the gift shop of what used to be the main memorial to Taiwan's former leader. </p> <p> "Nonsense," the shopkeeper snapped back. "He was a great historical figure, a ...Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/6/taiwanese-debate-was-chiang-savior-or-despot/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS